| ERIKSATIE | French composer who is held to be the precursor of most of the music movements of the 20th century ( |
| DOWNTHEHATCH | This is said to be the precursor of a swallow (4,3,5) |
| BRITPOP | UK music movement of the 1990s, with Oasis and Blur in the van (7) |
| HOSTAGE | Person who is held to ransom (7) |
| NEWWAVE | Late 1970s pop music movement of which Patti Smith, Blondie and The Police were exponents (3,4) |
| DADA | Art movement of the 20th century |
| SPHAIRISTIKE | This ancient Greek sport is considered to be the precursor to modern-day tennis. (12) |
| LARGOS | Slow music movements |
| TRIOS | Classical-music movements |
| LENTOS | Slow music movements |
| ILIAD | Homer is held to be the author of the Odyssey and which other major epic poem? (5) |
| CHARLES | In about 1840, which naturalist was the first person to add wheeled legs to a chair, the precursor of the modern office chair? (7,6) |
| DARWIN | In about 1840, which naturalist was the first person to add wheeled legs to a chair, the precursor of the modern office chair? (7,6) |
| GLEN | A narrow valley with a stream, such as Scotland's Affric that is held to be the setting of Sir Edwin Landseer's painting of a royal red deer stag (4) |
| BEDE | Generally held to be the father of English history was the Benedictine monk, the Venerable ... |
| ONESTEP | Early 20th-century ballroom dance that was the precursor of the foxtrot (3-4) |
| ALEXANDRE | ___ Desplat French composer who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film The Shape of Water |
| LEGRAND | Michel ___, French composer who won an Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair |
| DAGGER | Turns up, most of the music coming from Jamaica has depth for one of The Blades (6) |
| IDOLATRY | The worship of an image held to be the abode of a superhuman personality |
